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Misty Dawn

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Memoir, Self Help, Spirituality

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Misty Dawn is a mother, a Mimi, a creator, and the author of Still Here: Letters on Suicide Loss, Trauma, and Choosing to Stay.

Twenty-two years after losing her father to suicide, she began writing a series of letters in the days leading up to the anniversary of his death. Those letters became Still Here.

Her writing explores grief, trauma, survival, memory, healing, and the complicated ways love remains after loss. She writes for people carrying stories they have never found the words to tell, and for those who need to know they are not alone.

When she isn't writing, you'll usually find her spending time with her family, loving on her dogs, painting, creating something with her hands, or enjoying the peace of nature and the beach.

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“Staying did not always look brave. Sometimes it looked like lying in bed and doing nothing except not dying. Sometimes it looked like feeding my kids when I had nothing left in me. Sometimes it looked like being angry enough to keep breathing.”
― Misty Dawn, Still Here: Letters on Suicide Loss, Trauma, and Choosing to Stay

tags: healing, memoir, mental-health, suicide-loss, survival

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